Date of birth: 7/6/1975
Status: Married + 2
Address: 15, Shderot Immanuel Haromi, Tel-Aviv, 62645, Israel
Tel: Home - 972-3-5238883, Cellular - 972-50-5754381
E-Mail: kertcherchen@gmail.com
He has a rich teaching experience in various topics on military and diplomatic history and the Middle East. He also served as the head of Academic Division in Avni Institute, the College for Art and Design Tel-Aviv.
| Phd. Studies at the School of History, Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University. Currently, I am a "Stage B" student (dissertation writer). The subject of my dissertation is: The United Nations and Peacekeeping in Cambodia, Former Yugoslavia and Somalia, 1988-1995. under the guidance of Prof. Aron Shai.
My Dissertation's main argument is that although efforts had been made to develop a new concept to UN peacekeeping operations, these efforts failed due to the continuous nature of international politics in the UN, at least regarding the UN peacekeeping operations. The politics at the organization continued to be based on principles of power calculation and national interest of states rather on principles of collective security. The members states developed unique position on each case. In most cases, their positions weren't consistent with any particular political alliance which they were members to it. Furthermore, the basis of execution of multifunctional operations was the traditional concept of peacekeeping. The main efforts were directed to international mediation between warring factions for the institutionalization of sovereign governments and the deployment of peacekeeping forces in terms with their traditional principles of neutrality, consent of the local factions and the non use of force. Traditional objectives were preferred over new objectives such as democratization, economic development and advancement of human rights. |
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| 1999-2002 | MA studies at the School of History, Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University. The Thesis subject was 'Peacemaking or Statebuilding: The United Nations Intervention In Somalia 1992-1995'. The thesis was written under the guidance of Dr. Brigadier General Shimon Naveh, My final grade for the thesis was 98 and I finished my studies at the grade of 95 (Magna Cum Laude). Major works for seminars were:"the UN intervention in Somalia 1992-1995" to Prof. Aron Shai - grade 95 "the borders of war in Clausewitz "on War" to Dr. Shimon Naveh - grade 100 |
| 1996-1999 | BA in History and General and Interdisciplinary Studies, Tel-Aviv University |
| 1989-1993 | Blich High School, Ramat-Gan, Speciality in History. |
From Summer 2008 - Lecturer of the course 'Genocide' in the Open University, Israel.
From October 2005 - full time doctoral student at the School of History, Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv Univerisy, Isreal.
March 2002 - December 2005 Lecturer and Head of Academic Division in Avni Institute, the College for Art and Design Tel-Aviv.
2000-2002 - Lecturer at the "College for Achievements" courses: Introduction to the Middle East, Introduction to Security and Terror.
2001-2002 - Lectures to the public on different subject such as military, peace, general history, sociology and anthropolgy. Under the direction of the student Dean in Tel Aviv University.
2000-2001 - Editor of a quarterly student journal of the Faculty of Humanities in Tel-Aviv University, "Oryanut". The foundation of the journal and its publishing was a product of my own initiatives and development.
2000 - 2001 - Chosen as a member of the Student Union in Tel-Aviv University, as a representative of the Advanced Studies for the Faculty of Humanities. I ran as an independent candidate and not as any party representative.
1999-2000 - Lecturer at the "College for Orderly Administration" courses: Introduction for decision making, introduction for sociology, basics in Environment Studies, Introduction to the Middle East.
1999 - Instructor to gifted children at the Henrieta Sald Institute.
1998 - Translator, rewritor and editor in "Ifat On Disc".
1996-1997 - Shift manager in a telemarketing company of Bezeq.
' Same Agenda, Different Results: The UN interventions in Cambodia and Somalia after the Cold War,' in: Mottie Tamarkin & Uzi Rabi (eds.), The Global and the Local: International Efforts to Resolve Local Conflicts (Tel-Aviv: Tel Aviv University Press) Expected to be published during 2009.
'Durant, Michael'; 'Human Shields'; 'Sanctions on Iraq'; 'Somalia, the Intervention in', in: Spencer C. Tucker & Paul Pierpaoli (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Modern Middle East Wars: A Social, Political, and Military History (ABC-Clio) expected to be published during 2009.
Chen Kertcher and Yehonatan Alsheh, 'On Henry Kissinger, "Diplomacy"' , Zmanim (No. 104, Autumn 2008), (in Hebrew), pp. 112-116.
The Search for Peace - Or for a State: UN Intervention in Somalia 1992-95 (Jerusalem: The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, October 2003).
Publish of Economic and Social Policy Reports in the SENAT. Fact Sheets and Research Updates for Decision Makers. A non-profit association, as an initiative of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The policy papers are distributed to Members of the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) who are subscribers to it since 1996.http://www.senat.org.il
Senat 210 - Armament tendencies in the Middle-East (October 2003).
Senat 188 - The International Supervisors in Iraq - appraisals of their effectiveness in the last decade (October 2002).
Senat 182 - the Development of International Court system until the openning of the International Criminal Court in 1.7.2002. (July 2002).
Senat 174 - the United Nations mechanism of "Fact Finding Missions" (May 2002).
Senat 167 - Kashmir - a stepping stone on the Road to Peace between India and Pakistan (February 2002).
Senat 161 - crippling Terror Organization with the Use of Targeted Killing (December 2001).
Senat 159 - Terror due to ethnic conflicts - case studies (December 2001).
Senat 152 - International Supervision on cease-fires agreements (July 2001).
February 2009 - 'The Six's Permanent Member of the Security Council: The UN Secretariat, its Powers and Influence on the Work of the United Nations', in: International Studies Association 50th Annual Convention, New York.
'Positive Peace - Negative Impacts: The Case of Multifunctional Peacekeeping after the Cold War', in: International Studies Association 50th Annual Convention, New York.
July 2008 - 'Evolutionary Rhetoric, Realistic Practice: The UN Interventions after the Cold War', in: Workshop 'The State of Research', The Leonard Davies Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
May 2008 - 'Repetitive Action Extreme Results: UN peacekeeping in Cambodia and Somalia', in: The Global and the Local: International Efforts to Resolve Local Conflicts, International Colloquium in Tel-Aviv University.
February 2008 -'Introdcution to the Cambodian Hell,' in: Seminar on the Cambodian Genocide 1975-1979, The Open University, Israel.
May 2007 - Presentation of my Dissertation in the Day of Future Research in Tel-Aviv University.
February 2003 - 'solving conflicts that involves refugees in the international system in the 20th century' Lecture given at the request of the Swedish Foreign Office to a research seminar sponsered by the Swedish government on solutions for the Palestinian refugee problem.
Administration manager at the Air Force Headquarters in the Qirya.
Administration manager at the Air-Force Psychiatric Center.
Hebrew - Mother tongue
English - excellent